As the season winds down, champions continue to be crowned. A boatload of championships were decided this past weekend. Here's how it all played out...
On Friday night, Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Kenny Tremont) and Can Am Motorsports Park (Billy Dunn) were already clinched before the night began. Both drivers capped off their fine seasons with top-5 runs at their home tracks. Tremont's Glen Ridge title was his first at the track, while Dunn has now won 3-in-a-row at Can Am.
Brewerton Speedway saw Stewart Friesen enter the night as the points leader with Billy Decker and Jimmy Phelps directly behind. Friesen struggled throughout the night, and Sheppard and Phelps battled at the front of the field, with Matt Sheppard picking up the win at the title, his 2nd career at the D-shaped Dirt Demon.
Ransomville Speedway saw Pete Bicknell enter the night as the points champion with Todd Burley and Chad Brachmann hoping to steal the spotlight. All three drivers started deep in the field, and Bicknell struggled throughout the night, leaving the championship to be decided between Burley and Brachmann. Burley would finish just outside the top-5, while Brachmann would pick up the win and his first career Ransomville championship.
Big Diamond saw Jeff Strunk and Rick Laubach enter the night in a tight points battle. Laubach charged through the field, ultimately finishing 3rd, while Strunk did what he had to, finishing 7th (ultimately bumped to 6th after Ray Swinehart was DQed), netting him his 6th Big Diamond track title.
Francois Bernier and David Hebert entered the night separated by just a few points at Autodrome Granby for their 100 lapper. Hebert ran into trouble early, but soldiered on hoping for problems for Bernier. However, Bernier kept the nose clean and picked up his first career modified championship.
On Saturday night, Stewart Friesen had already clinched his second consecutive Five Mile Point title, Pete Bicknell had locked up his 21st Merrittville championship, and Danny O'Brien just needed to start the feature to win his 10th career championship at Brockville Ontario Speedway.
Canandaigua Motorsports Park had double features on the line, Justin Haers trailed Matt Sheppard by a healthy margin, but Haers cut a nice sized portion out of the points lead in the first feature, as he finished second while Sheppard finished 2nd. In the second feature, worth double-points, Haers once again finished second, but Sheppard was able to bring the car home in 3rd, picking up his 2nd career Canandaigua championship.
Lebanon Valley Speedway saw 2-championships decided, as in the big block division is was Kenny Tremont and Brett Hearn separated by just 2 points, and in the 358 division Andy Bachetti and Brett Hearn entered the night tied. Tremont went on to finish 4th, while Hearn was involved in an early crash, locking up Tremont's 13th career track title. Bachetti won the 358-feature while Hearn finished second, giving Bachetti his 3rd 358-championship at Lebanon Valley.
Orange County saw Tommy Meier and Jerry Higbie enter the final night separated by just a few points. Higbie would finish second, but Tommy Meier charged from the back 3-times after being caught up in multiple problems to win his second track title.
Fulton Speedway saw Jimmy Phelps enter the night with a comfortable points lead over Billy Decker, however, an early-crash saw Phelps lose 16-laps while making repairs, while Billy Decker went on to finish 3rd, and picked up his second consecutive Fulton title.
Airborne saw Martin Roy enter the night with a comfortable points lead over Patrick Dupree. Dupree did everything he could to win the title, as he won the feature, but Martin Roy kept the nose clean and picked up his second Airborne title.
Billy Van Pelt, Al Rudalavage, and Mike Bills entered the finale at Woodhull caught up in a very tight points chase. Rudalavage ran into problems late in the race, while Van Pelt went on to finish second and Bills ended up third, giving Van Pelt his 5th championship in a row.
Sunday saw Cornwall get rained out, but Stephane LaFrance had already clinched his first Cornwall championship.
Utica Rome Speedway has Stewart Friesen finish second, enough to lock up his third career Utica Rome championship over Bobby Varin.
Sportsmans Speedway came down to a battle between Randy Brown and veteran Joe Crawford. Crawford would pick up the win, but Brown's third place finish would be enough to give him his first career title.
9/2 Results
West Virginia- Cancelled
Accord- Rained Out
Big Blocks
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Championship Night)
1st 17 Elmo Reckner
2nd 115 Kenny Tremont
3rd 10% Danny Varin
4th 97 Bobby Varin
5th 6x Jackie Brown
Brewerton Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 99J Jimmy Phelps
3rd X Chad Phelps
4th 10J Alan Johnson
5th 91 Billy Decker
Penn Can Speedway
1st 88 Kevin Hartnett
2nd 176 Garth Tonkin
3rd 11P Dan Pompey
4th 1 Bobby Gunther Walsh
5th 5J Joey Grammes
I-88 Speedway
1st 3x Chris Shupp
2nd 22B Arnie Slade
3rd 280 Justin Holland
4th 77 Bob Hamm
5th 6H J.R. Hurlburt
Small Blocks
Ransomville Speedway (50 laps Championship Night)
1st 3 Chad Brachmann
2nd 38 Ryan Susice
3rd 7 Scott Kerwin
4th 123 Robbie Krull
5th 89B Todd Burley
Big Diamond Raceway (Championship Night)
1st 41 Glenn Strunk
2nd 6 Keith Hoffman
3rd 7 Rick Laubach
4th T102 Billy Pauch Jr
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren
Can Am Motorsports Park (Championship Night)
1st 74 Matt Billings
2nd 93 Jordan McCreadie
3rd 01 Chris Raabe
4th 55 Frankie Caprara
5th 49 Billy Dunn
Autodrome Granby (Championship Night/Canadian National Series)
1st 90 Martin Roy
2nd 22c Mario Clair
3rd 3 Claude Brouillard
4th 21 Yan Bussiere
5th 23 Danny Bilodeau
9/3 Results
West Virginia- Cancelled
Big Blocks
Canandaigua Motorsports Park (Championship Night Twin Features)
Feature #1
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 3 Justin Haers
3rd 8 Rich Scagliotta
4th 99 Charlie Donk
5th 7x Steve Paine
Feature #2
1st 27J Danny Johnson
2nd 3 Justin Haers
3rd 9s Matt Sheppard
4th 8R Rob Bellinger
5th 21a Peter Britten
Five Mile Point Speedway (Championship Night 50 laps)
1st 131 Barry White
2nd m16 Mike Clapperton
3rd RC1 Danny Creeden
4th 1J Jim Gabriel
5th 21 Shaun Walker
Lebanon Valley Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 74 J.R. Heffner
2nd 98 Eddie Marshall
3rd 34 Andy Bachetti
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 17 Rob Pitcher
Orange County Fair Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 1H Tim Hindley
2nd 97 Jerry Higbie
3rd 1 Dave Werber
4th 93x Craig Mitchell
5th 21 Clinton Mills
Fulton Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 62s Tommy Sears
2nd 24 Jim Witko
3rd 91 Billy Decker
4th 99L Larry Wight
5th 10J Alan Johnson
Delaware International Speedway
1st 62 Matt Jester
2nd 85 H.J. Bunting
3rd 30 Jamie Mills
4th 33 Brad Trice
5th 90w Beau Wilkins
New Egypt Speedway
1st 99 Wade Hendrickson
2nd 1 Billy Pauch
3rd 3 Sam Martz
4th 7 Rick Laubach
5th 44 John McClelland
Mahoning Valley Speedway
1st 10 Kris Graver
2nd 26 Joe Stangle
3rd 38 Mike Stofflet
4th 819 Mark Levy
5th 134 Scott Hulmes
Small Blocks
Merrittville Speedway (50 laps Championship Night)
1st 22 Larry Lampman
2nd 38 Scott Wood
3rd 42 Pete Bicknell
4th 6 Mat Williamson
5th 76 Travis Braun
Lebanon Valley Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 34 Andy Bachetti
2nd 20 Brett Hearn
3rd 2 Ronnie Johnson
4th 3 Kim Herrick
5th 20 Matt Quinn
Airborne Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 24 Patrick Dupree
2nd 97 Kris Vernold
3rd CO2 Craig Reyell
4th 34 George Foley
5th 1H Pierre Berthiume
Woodhull Raceway (Championship Night)
1st 15 Steve Hartman
2nd 2 Billy Van Pelt
3rd 21 Mike Bills
4th 56 Lee Bills
5th 6x Dave DuBois
Brockville Ontario Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 74 Matt Billings
2nd 17D Danny O'Brien
3rd 6x Dale Planck
4th 88 Tim O'Brien
5th 25 Bobby Herrington
RPM Speedway (Twin 40s)
Feature #1
1st 1H David Hébert
2nd 22c Mario Clair
3rd 124 Pierre DaGenais
4th 3 Claude Brouillard
5th 63 Dominic Dufault
Feature #2
1st 22c Mario Clair
2nd 1H David Hébert
3rd 44 Sebastien Gougeon
4th 39 Clement Therrien
5th 3 Claude Brouillard
Mercer Raceway Park
1st 28 Jimmy Holden
2nd 1G Frank Guidance
3rd 88R Rob Curtis
4th 14 Jeff Schaffer
5th 333 Ron Eperthener
Grandview Speedway
1st 67 Jon Kellner Jr
2nd 357 Jeff Strunk
3rd 81 Terry Meitzler
4th 917 Jarrad Miller
5th 46 Doug Manmiller
9/4 Results
Big Diamond- Rained Out
Weedsport- Rained Out
Cornwall- Rained Out
Big Blocks
Utica Rome Speedway (Championship Night)
1st 1x Willy Decker
2nd 89B Todd Burley
3rd 00 Bobby Varin
4th 1wgc Stewart Friesen
5th 10J Alan Johnson
Small Blocks (Championship Night)
1st 67 Joe Crawford
2nd 17jr Sid Unverzagt
3rd 63 Randy Brown
4th 89 Jerry Bowser
5th 119 Joe Gibson
9/5 Results
Glen Ridge- Rained Out
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